US3561829A - Means for maintaining the clearance in rolling bearings - Google Patents

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US3561829A
US3561829A US781898A US3561829DA US3561829A US 3561829 A US3561829 A US 3561829A US 781898 A US781898 A US 781898A US 3561829D A US3561829D A US 3561829DA US 3561829 A US3561829 A US 3561829A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/24—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for radial load mainly
    • F16C19/28—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for radial load mainly with two or more rows of rollers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/52—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
    • F16C19/525—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions related to temperature and heat, e.g. insulation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/54—Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction
    • F16C19/546—Systems with spaced apart rolling bearings including at least one angular contact bearing
    • F16C19/547—Systems with spaced apart rolling bearings including at least one angular contact bearing with two angular contact rolling bearings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C25/00—Bearings for exclusively rotary movement adjustable for wear or play
    • F16C25/06—Ball or roller bearings
    • F16C25/08—Ball or roller bearings self-adjusting
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/34—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
    • F16C19/36—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with a single row of rollers
    • F16C19/364—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with a single row of rollers with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2300/00—Application independent of particular apparatuses
    • F16C2300/02—General use or purpose, i.e. no use, purpose, special adaptation or modification indicated or a wide variety of uses mentioned

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  • a device for maintaining the clearance in rolling bearings subjected to varying temperatures contains at least two annular members made of materials having different heat expansion coefficients. These members engage each other along a conical surface and due to the different expansions of the members the breadth of the pair of members will vary as the temperature changes. One of the members abuts against a ring of the bearing, and the other member abuts against a support, which may be regarded as fixed in relation to the ring, thus permitting compensation movements to take place.
  • the present invention refers to means for maintaining the clearance in rolling bearings by the aid of adjustable annular members made of materials having different heat expansion coefiicients cooperating with at least one of the ring members of the bearings.
  • the means according to the invention may be regarded as a development of this previously known system, but it is modified in such a manner that it has considerable advantages compared to the old arrangement above described with respect to manufacturing and to working.
  • the invention is characterized by that the means contains at least two annular members having matching conical surfaces, being internal of one member at external on the other, said members being in direct contact with each other along said surfaces.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section through a bearing arrangement containing two conical roller bearings, which by a device according to the invention are maintained in position in relation to a stepped portion of a shaft.
  • FIG. 2 shows two-row cylindrical roller bearings mounted on a shaft, the axial clearing being adjusted by compensating means located to each side thereof.
  • FIG. 3 shows a section through a bearing arrangement where the inner ring member as well as the outer ring member thereof are provided with adjusting means, and
  • FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of a bearing arrangement, where the clearance is compensated by means of three cooperating annular members according to the invention.
  • a shaft having a stepped portion 2 is denoted by 1.
  • a conical roller bearing 4 is arranged at each end of the stepped portion 2 in direct contact with the end surface 3 thereof.
  • Each roller bearing 4 consists of an inner ring member 5 and an outer ring member 6. The latter is mounted in a housing 7 which is closed by a lid 8 at each end.
  • an adjusting device consisting of two annular members 9 and 10 is located, of which members the first mentioned is provided with an internal and the second one with an external conical surface said conical surfaces being in contact with each other.
  • Such a pair of interconnected annular members has a breadth across its radially outwardly edges, which is bigger than the breadth of each individual ring.
  • the excess measure corresponds at least to the maximum axial displacement necessary to compensate the changes in the bearing clearings.
  • the annuli 9 and 10 are made of materials having different expansion coefficients.
  • the annulus having the bigger coefiicient, the active member, in this case 10 is preferably made of aluminum, brass, manganese or the like, whereas the passive member 9 is made of steel, Invar steel, or the like.
  • an increase of the breadth of the pair combination is brought about due to temperature variations. As shown in FIG.
  • annulus 10 which is provided with an internal conical surface and is made of material with bigger expansion coefficient than the inner annulus 9 will increase diametrically more than the latter 9.
  • the annular will thereby be displaced in relation to each other sliding along the conical surface to move towards each other.
  • the total breadth of the pair combination will decrease and the outer ring member 6 of the bearing will be adjusted in such a manner that a detrimental pressure in the bearing is avoided.
  • the tworow rolling bearing has an inner ring 5 mounted on conical portion 11 of shaft 1.
  • an adjusting means according to the invention is fitted to each side of the bearings.
  • the pair combination located at the small end of the conical portion is adapted to exert an outwardly directed force when the breadth thereof is increased.
  • the pair combination at the big end of the conical portion 4 is arranged in such a manner that the outer annular member 10 has a bigger coefficient of expansion than the inner member 9 in such a manner that the diameter of annulus 10 will increase with increasing temperature in such a manner that the inner annulus 9, which does not follow this expansion, may be pushed in below the outer annulus 10 whereby the breadth of the pair combination will be diminished.
  • FIG. 3 shows a combination of the means illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 adapted to adjust axial clearance at the inner as well as the outer bearing ring members.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 differs from those of the previously described figures by the adjusting means being composed of three annular members 12, 13 and 14, of which the intermediate one has two conical surfaces 14a and 14b converging toward each other, and cooperating with rings 12 and 13 each having a single conical surface. If it is desirable to obtain a decreasing distance between two conical rolling bearings the members 12 and 13 are made of material having a bigger expansion coefi-icient compared to the material in the member 14 having the twin conical surface. If on the other hand an increasing distance between the bearings is desired the twin conical member 14 is made of a material having the bigger expansion coeflicient than the outer simple rings 12 and 13, respectively.
  • annular members may be designed as washers having a bigger extension in the radial direction than the axial direction.
  • a bearing assembly mounted on a shaft member or the like, said bearing assembly comprising inner and outer rings spaced apart to define an annular space for a plurality of rolling elements, said inner ring and shaft having complementary tapered confronting conical portions, adjusting means for axially positioning the inner ring in relation to the shaft to pre vent radial clearance in the bearing assembly from being too small due to increased temperature consisting of first and second pairs of annular members mounted adjacent opposite axial end faces of the inner ring, said first and second pairs of annular members having interengaging complementary tapered surfaces, the outer annular member of said first pair having a greater coefiicient of expansion than said inner member and the inner annular member of said second pair having a greater coefficient of expansion than the outer annular member of said second pair.

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